The ABCs of Keeping a Handwritten Journal

The ABCs of journal writing

by Yvonne Root on August 26, 2012

A light-hearted look at the ABCs of journal writing

Attitude adjustment

Balm for burdensome bothers

Clarify, communicate, confront, claim, and control

Develop a dear disposition

Energize through enthusiasm and excitement

Ferment a flurry of feelings

Germinate great gerunds

Hasten health and hope

Inject inclinations, impressions and ideas

Jot judicious junk

Knowledge keeper

Learn levelheadedness

Muse, meditate and mull

Notice, notify and nurture

Opinions, occasions and origins

Purposeful and pouty

Questions and quick queries

Relevant references and relations

Scintillating, sprightly and smart stuff

Tough and tender

Ultimate unit

Verbification verifier and visualizer

Wonderfully wacky words

Xenocrysts and xenophobes “x”cluded (so I cheated)

Yaps, yelps and yammers

Zany zips and zings

Try this:

Write your own ABCs of journal writing. Include your list in the comments section below. Have fun!

 

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

Sarah August 30, 2012 at 11:35 am

Anger management
Baby moments
Crazy drivers
Daughter
Enough of crap
Food
Gratitude
Happy things
I [meaning ME]
Junk – in the mind, in the garage
Kindnesses
Loving out loud
Mother
Nursing home
Opine
Politics at work
Quandaries
Revelations
Stress
Toxic people
Unwinding
Vision boarding
Weeds
X-husband
Y ???
Zzzz’s – tracking sleep or lack thereof

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Yvonne Root August 30, 2012 at 3:03 pm

Quite well done, Sarah! ;)

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